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Chenopodium album subsp. amaranticolor (Tree Spinach) |
Chenopodium album subsp. amaranticolor (AMARANTHACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Chenopodium album subsp. amaranticolor H. J. Coste & A. Reyn. Published in Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 75 (1825) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
Chenopodium giganteum
D.Don.
Synonym that was used for long in Malta:
Chenopodium giganteum
D.Don.
Full list of synonyms :
[Euro+Med]
[PlantList]
[IPNI]
[POWO]
[Catalogue of Life ]
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Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae
Juss. (The Amaranth Family) 42 species from the Amaranthaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Tree Spinach | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Casual or accidental alien species introduced in Malta rather recently and which is short-lived or resticted in small populations for a short time without becoming widespread. | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce
Rare Very rare Extinct
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Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Summer | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Wasteground and disturbed sites especially beside agricultural areas |
Botanical Description: |
Similar to Chenopodium album but plants up to 200-300 cm, with young parts of plant conspicuously tinged vivid reddish-purple, and with large rhombic-deltate leaves up to c. 14 cm long and wide. |
Distributional range: |
Cultivated as a vegetable, and naturalized in S. Europe |
Native region outside Europe: |
(N. India.) |
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe. (from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in  Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ct Ma [AE nAg aAu(A) aBr dCa(C F T) Co nCr aDa Eg aFe nGa(F) nGr nHu nIt aLi nMa -Md aNo aPo nSi(M S) Sk aSu aTn] |
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